Re: multiple X sessions
On Monday 06 May 2002 03:35 pm, Gabor Gludovatz wrote: > The perfect solution would be (as in WinXP...) to start only one X server, > and when you lock your screen (you leave your computer) other users could > login as well, without touching your existing session. And with a key > combination you could change among the running sessions after having > yourself reauthenticated. If that is the way you want to run things, you could always put a mix of VNC and X on your box. Have a "login manager" that works much like the chooser for X that selects VNC sessions, have the vnc client running in full screen mode so it would appear to be the local host. Since VNC is open source, it wouldnt take too many modifications to the client to do that. Jay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE 3 Update -- Please
I know that we're supposed to wait until XFree86 4.2 first appears for Debian before asking about KDE 3. Too bad. May 2, May 3, May 4, and May 5 (You get the idea) have passed and still no information on either of those packages is available -- at least to me. No, I don't have the expertise to package software for Debian nor the time. I am only looking for a hint about when The Day of Release might occur. -- Any information or comments are most appreciated. Robert Tilley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE 3 Update -- Please
On Thu, 9 May 2002, Robert Tilley wrote: > I know that we're supposed to wait until XFree86 4.2 first appears for Debian > before asking about KDE 3. Too bad. > > May 2, May 3, May 4, and May 5 (You get the idea) have passed and still no > information on either of those packages is available -- at least to me. > > No, I don't have the expertise to package software for Debian nor the time. > I am only looking for a hint about when The Day of Release might occur. Check the archive. There are a few people that built it and are providing .debs. You should find the respective postings in the archive. *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions http://sourcepole.ch Elestastrasse 18, 7310 Bad Ragaz, Switzerland Tel: +41 (81) 330 77 11 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE 3 Update -- Please
Hi, You can try this uri, but I think you'd better to wait the official package. deb http://kde3.geniussystems.net/debian ./ Jean-Michel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
environment variables + aliases
Having compiled kde3 on woody, playing around and generally being thoroughly impressed, I have a question that I don't seem to be able to find answers to anywhere else, so thought I'd ask here. environment variables and aliases = kde (started via startkde) doesn't seem to preserve existing aliases defined in /etc/profile, or execute /etc/profile again, which is annoying. It does, however, set up one of it's own - ls='ls --color=auto' and LS_COLORS environment variable among others which I'd like to alter, and add a couple more aliases, but I *cannot* seem to work out where the hell it's doing this. Any ideas? Just while I remember there's another thing I can't find a solid answer to as well, whats the difference between entering the path to truetype/type1 fonts in XF86Config and XftConfig ? KDE seems to use them whichever file they're in, and do font smoothing, while any other traditional wm is only aware of TTF's if I enter them into XF86Config. What gives? Whats XftConfig file all about? Should the font paths be in both? I did note things look a little better entering the truetype path in XF86Config at the beginning... and removing the two :unscaled lines as I read wasnt needed in 4.x, uh, somewhere ;) -- dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE 3 Update -- Please
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 11:31:34PM +0200, Jean-Michel Leclant wrote: > Hi, > > You can try this uri, but I think you'd better to wait the official package. > > deb http://kde3.geniussystems.net/debian ./ > > Jean-Michel Yep that is the uri for my test debs there are still known bugs though. For more information you can go to #debian-kde on OPN. KDE 3.0.1 was just tagged yesterday and I am building a new set of debs against the official sources. Once I get the debs debugged I may upload to sid even before woody is released, as I understand it nothing from sid is going into woody any longer so it should be safe to upload now. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE 3 Update -- Please
On Thursday 09 May 2002 10:43 am, Robert Tilley wrote: > I know that we're supposed to wait until XFree86 4.2 first appears for > Debian before asking about KDE 3. Too bad. > > May 2, May 3, May 4, and May 5 (You get the idea) have passed and still no > information on either of those packages is available -- at least to me. > > No, I don't have the expertise to package software for Debian nor the time. > I am only looking for a hint about when The Day of Release might occur. No offense, but is it really a good idea to hold off on official KDE 3 until XFree86 4.2? From what I hear, the Debian priesthood hasn't even begun to debianize X 4.2, and that it will require oodles of hacking & debugging before it is considered ready for the Debian masses. KDE 3 does not require X 4.2, why wait for it? -- "I summon the unholy demons of Apathy, Sarcasm and Cynicism!!!" - Wally -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE 3 Update -- Please
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 09:30:36PM -0600, Doug Holland wrote: > On Thursday 09 May 2002 10:43 am, Robert Tilley wrote: > > I know that we're supposed to wait until XFree86 4.2 first appears for > > Debian before asking about KDE 3. Too bad. > > > > May 2, May 3, May 4, and May 5 (You get the idea) have passed and still no > > information on either of those packages is available -- at least to me. Is Woody released yet NO! Although I have heard word that Woody has been closed to files migrating into it so it may now be safe to upload KDE. > > No, I don't have the expertise to package software for Debian nor the time. > > I am only looking for a hint about when The Day of Release might occur. > > No offense, but is it really a good idea to hold off on official KDE 3 until > XFree86 4.2? From what I hear, the Debian priesthood hasn't even begun to > debianize X 4.2, and that it will require oodles of hacking & debugging > before it is considered ready for the Debian masses. KDE 3 does not require > X 4.2, why wait for it? I thought it would have been ready around the same time as KDE 3.0.1 but it appears it won't be. I may upload KDE before 4.2 is released after all. I am currently working on a third round of test debs with the official KDE 3.0.1 tar files. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
